Crisis and leviathan
critical episodes in the growth of American government
by Robert Higgs
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"In Crisis and Leviathan, economist and historian Robert Higgs shows how Big Government emerged from responses to national emergencies that occurred as attitudes about the role of government were changing dramatically. In particular, governmental responses to the Great Depression, two World Wars, the Cold War, and various lesser "crises"(real or imagined) led to a host of new federal programs, activities, and functions that left legacies--including greater acceptance of bigger government--that endured long after each crisis passed. The result was not only a higher baseline for further growth, but also a government more intrusive in the lives of ordinary citizens and more resistant to meaningful reform"--
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Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government
2013, Independent Institute, The
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Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government
2013, Independent Institute, The
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Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government
2013, Independent Institute, The
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Crisis and leviathan: critical episodes in the growth of American government
2012, The Independent Institute
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Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government (A Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy Book)
March 2, 1989, Oxford University Press, USA
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Crisis and leviathan: critical episodes in the growth of American government
1987, Oxford University Press
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Originally published in 1987.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-339) and index.
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